Big Days cost Big Money. That’s why planning a wedding is one of the first, financial challenges most couples tend to face once they decide to tie the knot – especially if they’re planning the wedding of their dreams. Where are you supposed to draw the line? Are there any ingenious ways to have the best of both worlds – affordability and the stuff that dreams are made of?
These questions were recently unpacked by journalist David O’Sullivan during a BrightRock Iris Session. He was joined in studio by digital marketer (and newlywed) Mike Sharman, wedding planner Khali Collins and personal finance writer Maya Fisher-French to talk about the guidelines, tools and limits couples should consider while planning their big day.
Watch the conversation below:
More about David:
David is no stranger to the South African media-landscape, having worked at Talk Radio 702 for 19 years and 11 years as a sports presenter on SABC2 and SABC3. He is the co-author of two best-selling books: “The Penguin Book of South African Sports Trivia” and “The Extraordinary Book of South African Cricket”. He regularly MCs corporate events.
The guests:
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Mike Sharman is the co-founder of Retroviral, an award winning digital communications agency that creates online word of mouth for brands using bespoke strategy, social media, and web tactics. He is also co-founder of Webfluential – a platform that establishes relationships between consumers and brands through influencers. Mike was named one of the Mail & Guardian’s top 200 young (under 35) South Africans in 2013. Having recently tied the knot with his wife Taryn in February, Mike has plenty to say about wedding planning and budgeting. Find out more about Mike on his blog, Sharmanator.com. |
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Khali Collins, owner of The Wedding Specialists. She is also the founder of The SA School of Weddings which is the first and only industry endorsed wedding school and aims to give potential wedding planning personnel a solid background and knowledge base in the wedding industry. Visit her website at theweddingspecialist.co.za. |
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Maya Fisher-French is a well-known personal financial journalist and the life force behind financial website MayaonMoney.co.za and City Press’s My Money My Lifestyle. Maya has a passion for helping people make the right money decisions and a particular dislike for financial jargon and false financial marketing – hence her move from working in the financial industry to writing about it. Maya recently published her first book, titled Maya on Money – Implement Your Money Plan. It is a practical guide for ordinary folk on how to run their financial affairs. She also edited the South African version of Dave Ramsey’s bestseller The Total Money Makeover. Maya has written many articles for the Change Exchange about wedding budgets and navigating money-issues in marriage. Maya provides a host of personal finance tips on her blog, Maya on Money. |
About the Iris Sessions
BrightRock is a financial services provider operating in the life insurance market. Its interest in change and how it affects people derives from the fact that its life insurance offering is uniquely structured to change at times like these.
Each of us has a story to tell. Some can write it down, some can draw it and some can even dance their way through the story – and for some – the best way to share a story is in a conversation.
We want to take the powerful discussions that have started on the site and continue them in a conversation, so we introduced the Iris Sessions: Hanging out with Change.
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